12 AMKRTrAX MUSEUM (iUIDF LEAFLETS 



hunting, frolicking and feasting in their joyous fashion, until the sun's 

 warmth has broken uj) the ice. Then thev travel southward, still over 

 the ice, some to the settlements of Inglefield (iulf and others even as far 

 as Cape York. 



Tin: Wkst Wai.i.. 



Tilt Fir.'it nr Xortlurn Paticl — Rtituhcr Hunting in Summer. 



The judntings on the west wall rt'j)resent Eskimo litV during the 

 long Arcii<' day. 



In the niiddh- foreground of the northern panel a hunter, crouching 

 at the top of a rocky prominence, is in the act of drawing his i)OWof 

 Itone ami >iut\v upon a while rcindcci,' which lius espied too late .some- 

 thing to e.xcite its curiosity. In the middle distance at the extreme right, 

 is the continuation of the large iceberg of the central panel of the north 

 wall. Icebergs in the Arctic regions are fre(piently from !.")() to 300 feet 

 in height, ineasiu'c five to seven times this distance below the surface of 

 the sea. and sometimes have a length of three miles. Beyond the ice- 

 berg in the distance is a glacier flowing down from the great ice "Sahara " 

 in the inteiior of < iicenlaiid, while to the left is a dark rocky poi'tion of 

 the suiunerged lantl. 



In the immediate forcgroimd arc |)ur|)lc flowers (Epilohium lafi- 

 foliuni) which nesth- in pockets in the rocks. The middle forcgroimd is 

 cnveied I ly >tun(cd grass and mo.s.ses, especially i>y reindeer moss on 

 which the deer are feeding. Many flowers bloitm in ( ircenland and other 

 |>olar laufls during the slmit summer, notably members of the mustard 

 family, ami of the pink. rose, saxifrage and grass families. Tliere is one 

 sjK'cies of sedge known; willows and birches are found, although grow- 

 ing only two to thri'c inches in height; while daisies, butlcn-ups. yell(.)w 

 jM»ppies, harebells, dandelions, gentians and |)riuu'oses cover the ground 

 in many places. 



Another source of bright coloi' in these northern latitudes lies in two 

 specii's (»f alga*, one red and the dilicr green. Thev arc microsco|)ic 

 plant.s that gniw on the ice or snow , Inn they may occur in >ucli piofusjon 

 a-~ to iin|»arl their rcilor to (he gronml. It i> the |trcM'nce of thcst" alga* 



' .\ wliiti- carilNui {haniji/cr prarifi Allen) (Uscoven-il liy I'l-iiry in I'.HIJ in Kllos- 

 incn' hiitiil iifiir I.:ikc Iltizcn, laliluilc S'.'° N. 



